$110m Tiger Brennan extension set for opening

The final stages of the Tiger Brennan Drive from Darwin to Yarrawonga will be finished today, Chief Minister Paul Henderson says.

The $110 million road is intended to benefit both commuters and businesses.

It is expected to open to traffic by the afternoon rush hour.

"Businesses every day cart enormous amounts of products to and from Palmerston into the city, from the city into Palmerston, out to Yarrawonga and the business precinct, so that means time saved for those businesses and that means they can be more productive in other area," Mr Henderson said.

The Territory Road Transport Association says the opening of the Tiger Brennan Drive extension will ease congestion, but more could be done to make the road safer for trucks.

The association's Andrew Swart says the south-bound sliplane from Marjorie Street to get into the Pinelands Industrial Estate will be useful, but a slip lane out is also needed.

"What we're hoping for is they could put another slip lane to see the trucks come out of Pinelands and then can head south as well instead of using the traffic lights at BP Palms which is not a good intersection for road trains."